Lawmakers in the California State Assembly rejected legislation Tuesday that would bar transgender athletes from participating in female sports. The bills, AB 89 and AB 844, would have banned athletes born male from taking part in girls’ and women’s school sports and reversed existing state law permitting transgender people to compete in those sports from

They think this is a winning issue for them,” said Melissa Michelson, a professor of political science at Menlo College, of legislative Democrats killing Republican bills restricting